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2008Final results

2008 election for California Assembly District 18

California State Assembly · California

Mary Hayashi (D) won with 77.5% of the vote, defeating Lou Filipovich (R) by 55.0 points.

Mary HayashiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.5%115,780
Lou FilipovichRepublican
22.5%33,596
149,376 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+50.92000D+43.22002D+35.72006D+55.02008D+50.42010D+73.42014

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET